E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cocy’tus [Ko-ky’tus].
One of the five rivers of hell. The word means the “river of lamentation.” The unburied were doomed to wander about its banks for 100 years. (Greek, kku’o, to weep.)
ku’o, to weep.)
